U18 World League

Nykvarn Arena
Spectators: 7511 (Terracing: 5634, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when David Jönsson got the match started through his kick off. After 6 minutes, David Jönsson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nykvarn and the MARTINETA players grew even worse after the yellow card. David Jönsson kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Tage Rang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eriberto Ceandro in the 10th minute of the match. David Jönsson struck a weak shot in the 13th minute. Silvestre Bertin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Nykvarn. Eliseo Benet kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. In the 24th minute David Jönsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvestre Bertin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sven Holmberg's late challenge caught a MARTINETA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sven Holmberg helped the player get up and apologised. In the 26th minute, Sven Holmberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 31st minute Rodrigo Ted shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tage Rang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Eriberto Ceandro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 42nd minute Eriberto Ceandro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tage Rang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. David Jönsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Eriberto Ceandro made a kick off. David Jönsson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Silvestre Bertin read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 52nd minute of play. Silvestre Bertin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Jönsson in the 55th minute of the match. Silvestre Bertin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Jönsson in the 72nd minute of play. In the 73rd minute, MARTINETA's Jonas Bastian seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Jonas Bastian the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of MARTINETA protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Jonas Bastian had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 73rd minute, one of MARTINETA:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for MARTINETA. In the 76th minute there was a penalty for Nykvarn. Conny Sundström stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Silvestre Bertin. 2-0. When David Jönsson came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Nykvarn fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that David Jönsson couldn't finish the play. Silvestre Bertin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Jönsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nykvarn's Conny Sundström got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Jönsson in the 94th minute of play forced MARTINETA's goalkeeper Silvestre Bertin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. There was no doubt that Nykvarn were the better team. Nykvarn's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.